Prevention Is Better Than Cure: How To Start Longevity Medicine With The Preventive Care You Can Access Today with Dr. Avianne Hospedales [Ep 81]

Have you ever put off a test because you were afraid of what it might tell you?

In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Avianne Hospedales, a board-certified internist with more than a decade of experience who practices longevity medicine alongside primary care in Delray Beach.

We talk about her mother, who died of colon cancer at 64 and who was distrustful of doctors and fearful of screenings, and what that loss taught Avianne about asking patients what's actually stopping them. She explains why a colonoscopy does something almost no other test can do, since removing a polyp stops a cancer that would have taken 10 or 15 years to develop, and she walks through the ages preventive health screenings typically begin and what changes when a first-degree relative has had colon cancer. We also get into the advanced body composition DEXA scan she runs on nearly every patient, why she gives people a target of two pounds of muscle mass instead of a target weight, and how an osteopenia result in her thirties led her to start strength training and jumping.

Here's what you'll learn:

• How her mother's distrust of doctors led Avianne to build the practice she runs now
• Why removing a polyp during a colonoscopy stops a cancer before it starts
• What ages preventive screening typically begins, and when family history pushes that date earlier
• Why Avianne calls a colonoscopy prevention and a mammogram early detection
• What an advanced DEXA scan measures beyond bone mineral density
• Why Avianne gives patients a two pound muscle target instead of a weight target
• How strength training raised her own bone density after an osteopenia result
• What a grip strength and longevity test involves, and how hanging from a bar at home gives you a similar reading
• Why the PSA test for men stays debated, and when Avianne still wants a baseline
• How a concierge medicine practice changes the length of an appointment and who answers your messages
• Why peptides and testosterone call for aggressive screening before you start them
• How Avianne keeps a hang bar, plyo boxes, and a TRX outside her door so exercise takes no planning

Whether you're overdue for a test you keep rescheduling, curious about what preventive care looks like when a doctor has 60 minutes instead of 10, or ready to stop measuring your health by the number on the scale, Avianne gives you somewhere concrete to start. Her line that there's no longevity without good primary care is one I keep coming back to.

Hit play and let's grow together,

Kimberly

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Listen to part one of my conversation with Dr. Avianne Hospedales: https://rss.com/podcasts/the-cinnamon-effect/2168646/